Hi shah,
I don't think an apology is needed!
Grasshoper mentioned that we're probably talking across a cultural divide
(and I think that's so).
I'm thinking about how things are said -- and, beneath what we write, we all
have sub-texts, assumptions, we may never really appreciate. And, for me, I
sense that if I recognise them too clearly I fear it it may stifle what I'm
saying in a poem! (But that may just be me!)
I guess you're more aware, in this poem in particular, of what's beneath it
- so I'm probably asking for more subtlety, for letting what Swami
Vivekananda offers be a little less obvious. -- But, because I don't know
too much about his teaching, I don't know if he suggests being blatent! --
I'm just guessing he wouldn't mind things coming across in a less obvious
way. And what I'm saying here is, I sense, something to do with culture --
as well as with writing poems.
Bob

>From: c s shah <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Pennine Poetry Works <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: A General Apology
>Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2003 13:42:36 +0530
>
>Dear Bob, Grassy, and all other friends,
>
>If my language has hurt anyone, I unconditionally apologize for the
>same. Believe me, I do not intend to act as a "boss in philosophy";
>it is just that I was interested in putting forward one philosophical
>line of "renunciation and service" as propounded by Swami Vivekananda.
>But lack of communication skill on my part, probably, has caused a
>misunderstanding. In every respect, I stand a degree lower to everyone
>in this list. And I try to learn.
>
>Thanks, and in the earnest,
>
>c s shah

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